Off the beaten path scifi movies

How about some John Hurt guys?

Besides A L I E N he was in 1984, Hellboy, V For Vendetta, Outlander and Snowpiercer.

Lone- 1984 (slaps forehead)!

I trust you guys have all seen BladeRunner??? o.O

Ay Lone, the end of Spaceballs - the chestburster parody lol!

He played Dr Oxley in Indiana Jones And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls.

played John Merrick the Elephant Man.

Was in a Paul McCartney music vid back in the 80's, for the song - Take it Away, man! the list of acting roles this bloke done is huge, he was a legend in my eyes.   

Absolutely JH was one of the greats, he elevated any film!

To anyone who hasn't seen BladeRunner yet.......

*sends out the dildomorphs*

...see them running excitedly about your feet?...good...you will now be anally probed by dildomorph!

I got a couple more that shouldn't have to be said but I'm going to say them any way.The Fly(1986) and Serenity/FireFly.I also think Oblivion is a bit underrated

Reanimator?

Only seen parts.A scene that stood out involved a re animated severed head and a women lol 

Some that haven't been mentioned yet:

Tron: Legacy, Edge of Tommorow, Sourcecode, Children of Men, Starship Troopers, The Running Man.

I thought Edge of Tomorrow was mentioned somewhere.I totally forgot to do Children of Men,that's one of my all time favorites and still better than Gravity which I like.Tron Legacy is another good choice better than the original Tron in my opinion,and of course can't go wrong with Starship Troopers 

Stan Winston (deceased) Solid entries especially Running Man imo.

I really like and enjoy "Fire in the sky".

Have any of you seen "Laserblast"? Check out the trailer, it's a blast hehe: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHCxnMaHObw

Wing commander? Lol

Necronom IV

I did not see that movie but played the Atari 2600 game of the same title. Took a picture of the screen when I reached 1 million points back in the day.

Lone-

Saw the John Hurt version of 1984 again last night. I forgot how utterly dismal it is. Good to know that could never happen...

A duo of underrated Stephen King sci fi adaptations:The Mist and Dreamcatcher

Children of Men is brilliant (even though it has Julianne Moore in it).  Edge of Tomorrow was good but Hollywood marred it by not sticking with the original Japanese Novella "All you need is Kill" storyline.  Emily Blunt is very good in the film as is Tom Cruise. 

What about Minority Report?

One of my favorite's is AI: Artificial Intelligence.  I thought it was excellent.

Great choice with Minority Report 

Bicentennial Man was pretty good. It really went into what it is to be human etc sort of like discussions we have had about David 8.

Thanks ninXeno426.

I think it quite frightening because the technology appears to be almost within our grasp.

Am I the only one that has seen Air ?

"I totally forgot to do Children of Men,that's one of my all time favorites and still better than Gravity which I like."

@ninXeno426, I think same director did both!

@dk, yeah I think The Running Man was and still is underrated. They rebooted Total Recall, but if ever there was a movie ripe for remake, it's The Running Man.

Speaking of Total Recall, if we're accepting Minority Report as unsung then you've got to include it also. Not to mention, Stargate.

Moontrap is about all I can add, as all my faves have been listed above. Great minds think alike, guys. :D

Yes both Alphonso Cuaron @Stan Winston.Both great films,Gravity is more popular but Children of Men is better.I second Stargate,it's a tad underrated and overshadowed by the SG-1 tv series(which I like)

Naval ships is a great setting for sci-fi horror films (and games). I recommend the following:  (if you haven't seen them already)

Virus (1999) - A pretty dark film about a hostile alien energy that hits the computer system of a large research ship, and then begins controlling the onboard industrial robots that start building these crude machines that turn against the crew and harvest their bodies to form a cybernetic race. 

Think The Borg from Star Trek but much more violent and nasty with lots of gore and great special effects (both practical and CGI.) The Strogg from Quake is an even better example.

Deep Rising (1998) - the more lighthearted choice here both in terms of the ship (Virus takes place on a spooky research vessel while Deep Rising takes place on a luxury cruise ship) and the overall tone, which is a bit more ridiculous and exaggerated here with a tiny ounce of humor, but it's nonetheless a good film that I recommend.

It's about giant serpent-like creatures (not going to spoil the truth here :) attacking the ship and killing everyone.

What these two films have in common are the fantastic visual effects for its time.